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Fern Prairie, WA

2,053 Population
5 square miles 409.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,611 ±$10,273 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $51,936 ±$417
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$115,875 ±$26,556 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $97,436 ±$858
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.9% ±4.6% (120  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 9.5% 236,906 (±0.3% / ±6,725)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±11.2 (11,325  ±3,663) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 25 24,751,240 (±0.2 / ±245,505)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

688 ±147 Number of households
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,010,265 ±2,687
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.6 (2,052  ±577) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 2.5 2,476,150 (±0 / ±390)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±3.9% (9  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 4.4% 27,443 (±0.3% / ±1,545)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

688 ±147 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,062,495 ±523
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$628,200 ±$117,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $559,400 ±$2,566
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.4% ±21.6% (396  ±456.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 14% 348,592 (±0.3% / ±7,394)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±26.6% (1,247  ±244.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 92.8% 1,680,405 (±0.6% / ±9,922.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.6% ±9.2% (540  ±176.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 42.6% 770,714 (±0.4% / ±6,332.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4% ±3% (82  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 12.7% 320,290
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.7% ±6.9% (159  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 6.2% 124,650 (±0.1% / ±2,242)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
159 Total veterans ±109 121 Male ±75 38 Female ±44

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